Mirwaiz: We have been in touch with Pak govt for 25 years

August 19, 2014 12:32

All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq told Rediff.com in New Delhi that the media and leaders of parties had blown their meeting with Pakistan was out of proportion. "We have been in touch with the Pakistan government for last 25 years. We want the two governments of India and Pakistan to hold talks and find a solution to the Kashmir problem," he said.

Asked about taking part in elections, Mirwaiz said that if they do so then it becomes law and order problem. "We are trying for a resolution of the Kashmir problem," Mirwaiz said.

He denied that Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif had asked that talks be held with APHC leaders through the Pakistan High Commissnor in Delhi.

-- Onkar Singh in Delhi.

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